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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 2: [Jiuli Insect Valley]
Chapter 87 (115): [A Deal for Life]
(87th of Volume 2)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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The so-called "Five Seas Realm Boundary" wasn't a physical barrier.
Rather, in recent months, several Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators had attempted to enter Burial Immortal Town from this direction.
Once they crossed a certain critical point, the spiritual Qi within their bodies would ignite uncontrollably, turning their bodies to ash.
As a warning, someone had placed two giant stone statues nearby.
The boundary was vague, but the invisible danger was real.
Now, the Five Seas Realm Boundary was defined by the corpses and blood left behind by the battle five days ago, resembling a bloody, putrid Asura realm.
The short, stout Great Spiritual Master of the Sui Sect released countless motes of light from his brow, transforming the area within thirty meters into a world of shimmering rain.
Each mote was like one of his eyes, capable of sensing the outside world. No one could approach him unnoticed.
After calling out "Yang Yun" several times without response, he stopped ten meters from the lion-headed warhorse and blocked Chen Jingtang's path.
"I have a bad feeling. Let's stay here!"
The Great Spiritual Master of the Sui Sect formed a hand seal, and a chain of Spiritual Light shot out from his brow, snaking forward like a luminous serpent, extending ten meters and wrapping around Yang Yun.
The Spiritual Light chain tightened, pulling Yang Yun off his horse.
"Splash!"
A sound of water breaking erupted from the nearby Shui River.
Neither man had expected someone to be hiding beneath the boiling water.
Li Weiyi burst from the surface and immediately loosed an arrow.
The bowstring sang like thunder.
"Watch out! It's an ambush!"
The Great Spiritual Master of the Sui Sect roared, abandoning his attempt to rescue Yang Yun. He drew a circle with his hands, summoning Spiritual Light Flame to form a shield seal in front of him.
"Boom!"
The lightning arrow struck the Spiritual Light shield seal, exploding in a shower of light and electricity.
The Great Spiritual Master of the Sui Sect was thrown back by the force of the impact, his chest robe torn to shreds.
Li Weiyi discarded his war bow, drew a captured Spiritual Artifact Battle Sword from his back, and stepped onto a cloud of spiritual Qi, slashing through the air with a single, decisive strike.
He had to kill one of them before Wang Daozhen arrived.
Without a doubt, the Great Spiritual Master posed a greater threat than Chen Jingtang and had to be eliminated first.
"It's you!"
Chen Jingtang recognized "Si Ma Qin" and stared in shock.
But as a figure of the Nine Springs, Five Seas Realm, Chen Jingtang was experienced in combat experience.
He immediately swung his iron sleeves.
Woven from a special material, his iron cloth battle robe billowed like a banner, creating swirling vortices of spiritual Qi to block Li Weiyi's assassination attempt on the Great Spiritual Master of the Sui Sect.
At the same moment Li Weiyi burst from the water, Yaoyin emerged from the mist.
Draped in the Ghost Banner, she leaped over the lion-headed warhorse, her toes barely touching its back as she rode the wind with agile speed.
Her palm struck directly for Chen Jingtang's head.
This was the Medicine King's (King Yao's) Fundamental Martial Technique: the Heavenly Wind Palm Technique.
Before the palm arrived, a storm of palm wind swept across the battlefield.
If Chen Jingtang wanted to stop Li Weiyi's attack on the Great Spiritual Master of the Sui Sect, he would have to endure Yaoyin's palm. Even if he survived, he would be severely wounded.
Forced into a corner, Chen Jingtang roared, shifting his stance and spinning his body.
The punch he had aimed at Li Weiyi now met the palm strike hurtling from the mist.
Though the woman appeared young, she gave him a sense of profound danger.
Despite both being at the first stage of the Five Seas Realm, Chen Jingtang's combat prowess far surpassed other Martial-Mystic Cultivators.
His body remained as unmoving as a mountain, his punch radiating domineering, profound power that shattered the palm wind completely.
Yaoyin, wearing Silver Silk Gloves, channeled her Spiritual Qi. The silver light on her palm condensed into a wall of silver several dozen feet wide.
"Boom!"
Fist and palm collided with a resounding impact.
The iron sleeve Chen Jingtang had spun from his arm clashed with the Ghost Banner that Yaoyin had similarly spun from her body.
After a brief stalemate, Yaoyin grunted and was sent flying backward like a falling leaf.
Chen Jingtang immediately turned his gaze to the other battlefield.
There, "Si Ma Qin" was relentlessly swinging his sword. The Great Spiritual Master of the Sui Sect, either conjuring Spiritual Light Flames or unleashing runes, was completely outmatched in close combat, repeatedly struck by the sword.
Death was only a few sword strikes away.
There was no time to intervene to save him.
Without hesitation, Chen Jingtang charged toward Yaoyin, employing the strategy of "relieving Zhao by attacking Wei."
Yaoyin's combat prowess was extraordinary; she was likely a Hundred Meridians Pure Immortal Body. Chen Jingtang didn't believe "Sima Qin" wouldn't immediately rush to her aid if he found her in a desperate situation.
He retrieved a Mid-Grade Spiritual Artifact-level Iron Book and infused it with spiritual Qi.
Yaoyin landed on the ground, staggering backward with a deathly pale complexion.
Once she regained her balance, she immediately channeled Ancestral Field Qi into the Ghost Banner on her body.
"Whoosh!"
The Nether Mist that surged from the Ghost Banner transformed into a black, ominous cloud.
The icy power crystallized into a layer of white frost on the red earth beneath her feet.
A majestic and domineering Ghost Shadow in armor materialized before her, swinging its war spear to clash with the thirty-five iron pages hurtling towards it.
"Pfft!"
Li Weiyi had just beheaded the Great Spiritual Master of the Sui Sect with a single sword strike. Turning around, he witnessed this scene and immediately hurled his Spiritual Artifact Battle Sword.
Chen Jingtang heard the sharp whistling of the sword slicing through the air behind him.
Sighing, he turned and waved his sleeve.
With a resounding clang like metal striking metal, he deflected the Spiritual Artifact Battle Sword.
"If you hesitate to risk your life in a life-or-death battle. You are destined to fail," Li Weiyi said, his Clear Void Cicada-Chasing Step carrying him forward like a wisp of mist chasing the wind.
Spiritual Qi surged into his Corpse Garment Soft Armor, instantly enveloping him in a Blood Mist. Crimson scriptures danced within the mist.
"How dare you!"
Wang Daozhen roared in fury. The moment Li Weiyi attacked, he had already charged towards the Five Seas Realm Boundary. But everything happened too fast. In just a few breaths, the Sui Sect's Great Spiritual Master was beheaded.
Still some distance away from Li Weiyi, Wang Daozhen exhaled a mouthful of spiritual Qi, which condensed into thirteen flying swords that shot forward ahead of him.
Li Weiyi didn't resort to self-defense like Chen Jingtang had done before. His palm strike, undiminished in force, sent forth a torrent of Blood Mist and blood-red scriptures from his arm.
"Boom!"
Chen Jingtang, abandoning control of the Iron Book's pages, met the attack head-on with a punch.
His opponent's palm force was exceptionally powerful, matching his own. Moreover, the blood-red scriptures accompanying the strike crashed against him like countless boulders, instantly causing him to cough up blood and be sent flying backward.
At the same time, Li Weiyi was struck by two spiritual Qi flying swords from behind. After enduring the impact, he immediately activated his movement technique to evade the remaining swords.
Enhanced by his High-Grade Spiritual Artifact, the Nightwalker's Garment, his speed was like a phantom.
Meanwhile, Yaoyin, using the Ghost Banner to break through the unmanned Iron Book pages, surged forward and landed a palm strike on Chen Jingtang before he could touch the ground, perfectly coordinating with Li Weiyi's attack.
Wang Daozhen arrived and unleashed the Formation-Cracking Whip.
Li Weiyi didn't attempt a direct confrontation.
He retreated rapidly, settling near the Five Seas Realm Boundary. Wiping the blood from his lips, he felt the lingering pain from the spiritual Qi flying swords that had struck his back, which had injured his internal organs.
Li Weiyi, watching Wang Daozhen standing tens of meters away, radiating killing intent, said, "Be careful. Approaching this place in the second stage of the Five Seas Realm is far more dangerous than the first. Your spiritual Qi must be Scorching by now, right? Take another step forward, and you might burst into flames."
Wang Daozhen gripped the Formation-Cracking Whip, his eyes ice-cold, but he dared not advance further.
"You're far stronger than I imagined, and you possess both courage and skill. How could someone like you be content to cower behind the power of the heavens and earth?"
"Your praise is too profound that I'm almost embarrassed!" Li Weiyi said.
Wang Daozhen replied, "Even standing here, I can't go all out. I must reserve some strength to resist the mysterious energy permeating this space, which severely limits my combat effectiveness. Why don't you come out and try to kill me? You might actually succeed."
Li Weiyi ignored him completely. He lifted Yang Yun and threw him back into the Five Seas Realm Boundary.
He then released strands of spiritual Qi to gather the thirty-five iron pages scattered on the ground, merging them into an Iron Book.
"What about him?" Yao Yin asked, pointing at Chen Jingtang, who had been rendered combat-incapable.
Li Weiyi said, "Kill him!"
Yaoyin replied, "Before the great upheaval in Burial Immortal Town, only a handful of young cultivators in the San Chen Palace had cultivated the Nine Springs Ancestral Field. Killing him might provoke the older generation of the San Chen Palace to seek revenge at all costs."
Fourteen years ago, during the Mangshan Mountain Martial Dao War, the San Chen Palace's three Supreme Elders defeated the Jiu Li Clan's three Clan Chiefs, including Yaoyin's maternal grandfather, the Clan Chief of the Yao Li Tribe.
Li Weiyi said, "I predict that after the young generation's competition in Burial Immortal Town concludes, regardless of the outcome, chaos will erupt in Li Province. All rules will be shattered. War is merciless. The older generation won't show mercy or hold back due to your youth or their status. The Five Seas Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators from the Four Great Sects hunting down Spring Surge Realm young Martial-Mystic cultivators of the Jiu Li Clan is a living example of this."
With a single finger strike, Li Weiyi killed Chen Jingtang. He then stripped off the iron cloth battle armor, a low-grade spiritual artifact weighing over ten pounds.
"Why haven't you returned to report yet? Are you too afraid to go back?" Li Weiyi asked.
Wang Daozhen replied, "The wrath of the powerful figures behind the Sixth-Generation Great-Grandson of the Demon King, Yang Yun, and Chen Jingtang alone could obliterate the Yao Li Tribe."
"Talking to you is a complete waste of breath."
Li Weiyi glanced back into the mist behind him, hearing the sound of rapid footsteps a mile away.
A smile immediately spread across his face.
"These people are running too slowly. Yaoyin, let's strike together and not let a single one escape."
Six Spring Surge Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators, at the Seven Springs and Eighth Spring levels, arrived at the Five Seas Realm Boundary in a state of utter panic. They all breathed a collective sigh of relief, experiencing the exhilaration of escaping death.
Exhausted, they collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.
"Let's rest for a moment. That Sima Qin is terrifying! He killed a Nine Springs Supreme with a single strike. He must be a Hundred Silver Veins cultivator."
"We came to hunt the Jiu Li Clan, but ended up being hunted ourselves. Thank goodness we escaped. Let's get out of here immediately and return to Yaoguan City. This place is no longer safe!"
"He's a complete demon! I never want to see him again. I'm planning to leave Li Province immediately."
Li Weiyi emerged from the mist, his brow slightly raised in exasperation: "Don't tarnish my reputation. If you hadn't provoked the hunt first, why would I have slaughtered you all? I've never done anything truly evil!"
The six Spring Surge Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators turned ashen, as if they had seen a ghost. Their legs trembled, and they barely managed to stand up, intending to flee. But then, Yaoyin emerged from the mist on the opposite side, blocking their escape route.
Everyone has a survival instinct, especially after witnessing Li Weiyi's ruthless and merciless killing.
Terrified, the six Martial-Mystic Cultivators knelt and kowtowed, begging for mercy.
Li Weiyi knew that more Martial-Mystic Cultivators would continue to flee here.
Killing them all would be too spectacular, and he felt no satisfaction in it.
He said, "Anyone who has harvested the Immortal Haze-tainted Herbs can trade it for their life."
"I... I have a rare herb..."
A Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivator cautiously retrieved a stalk of Immortal Haze-tainted Herb hidden close to his body.
He was deeply apprehensive, unsure if the other party was a man of his word.
He was no longer young, and consuming the Immortal Haze-tainted Herb to undergo a Pure Immortal Physique Transformation would only yield limited achievements.
That's why he had secretly kept the herb, intending to bring it home for his young son to consume.
A cruel hunter, he was also a loving father.
Li Weiyi had only asked casually, yet he received an unexpected windfall. He accepted the Immortal Haze-tainted Herb and said, "Go! This is the only time I'll spare you. Don't let me see you again."
The Seven Springs Martial-Mystic Cultivator scrambled to his feet and fled, not truly relaxing until he had run several miles. He decided to leave Li Province immediately and return home to live out his remaining years in peace.
The remaining five martial artists watched with envy, then sank into despair. They truly had no Rare Herbs on them.
Li Weiyi said, "Those with spiritual artifacts, leave them behind in exchange for your lives. Those without spiritual artifacts, pay thirty thousand Silver Coins to buy your lives."
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END OF CHAPTER
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